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Prevalence and Characterization of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Phenotype Assessed by Echocardiography in an Adult Brazilian Population: The ELSA-Brasil Study.
Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia - 1 Feb 2026
Bertuol Filho Amadeu Antonio, Pereira Alexandre da Costa, Santos Angela Barreto Santiago, Ribeiro Antonio Luiz Pinho, Duncan Bruce Bartholow, Pianca Eduardo Gatti, Scolari Fernando Luis, Foppa Murilo
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BACKGROUND: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetically inherited cardiac disease with significant clinical impact. Although its epidemiology is well described in developed countries, the prevalence of HCM in Latin American populations remains poorly defined. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of the HCM phenotype and describe its clinical and echocardiographic characteristics in a large adult Brazilian...
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